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  • The dwarf Jeffrey Hudson sits on a table reading a large book to Julian Peveril. Engraving by Charles Fox after David Wilkie.
  • Smokers in a Turkish coffee house listen eagerly to news brought by a courier. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • Constantinople: a man sits to write a letter as two women watch over his shoulder. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • A bedridden sick young woman being examined by a doctor, accompanied by her anxious parents. Engraving by F. Engleheart, 1838, after Sir D. Wilkie.
  • Napoleon standing next to Pope Pius VII, seated, his right foot resting on a cushion. Engraving by J.H. Robinson, 1848, after D. Wilkie, 1836.
  • A blind man plays the fiddle to a family audience; a child to the right imitates the fiddler. Line engraving by T. Nicholson after D. Wilkie.
  • Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1831, after D. Wilkie, 1822.
  • A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother, two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Line engraving after D. Wilkie.
  • Constantinople: a boy presents a smoking hookah to Mr Sotiri, Albanian interpreter to the British consul in Bucharest. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by W. Greatbach after D. Wilkie, [between 1822 and 1894].
  • A female servant holds a small child while its fashionably dressed mother touches its face on her way out. Wood engraving by J. Thompson, 1840, after D. Wilkie.
  • A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother, two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Mezzotint by H. Blundell after D. Wilkie.
  • A boy with a cut finger is treated by his mother, while two other siblings hold him as he resists. Line engraving by F.S. Goulu after D. Wilkie.
  • A boy has cut his finger which is being treated by his mother; two other siblings hold him back while he resists. Coloured etching (?) after D. Wilkie, 18--.
  • An old man sits by the fire while a woman washes a child's face from a bowl on a chair. Engraving by T. Mitchell after D. Wilkie R.A.
  • An old man sits by the fire while a woman washes a young child's face over a bowl of water on a chair. Engraving by T. Mitchell after D. Wilkie R.A.
  • A family sit together in the darkened kitchen where the children are amused by their father making animal shadows in the light shining on the wall. Lithograph by J. Corosjean after David Wilkie.
  • A child has been told her face is dirty, so she wipes it clean while her mother holds the mirror and her brother points to her reflection. Engraving by J. Mitchell after Sir David Wilkie, R.A.
  • Twenty seven compound plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Seven grasses including fescues (Festuca species), dog's tail grass (Cynosurus cristatus), meadow grasses (Poa species) and ryegrass (Lolium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.
  • A fern, a moss, a fungus and an alga: all with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Six grasses: fescues (Festuca species), foxtail grass (Alopecurus pratensis), meadow grasses (Poa species) and sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807.
  • Wood hedgehog fungus (Hydnum repandum), pennywort plant (Hydrocotyle species) and a sac fungus (Hysterium sphaerioides). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.
  • Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
  • Thirty five determinate plant leaves of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Three different flowers and two fruit with anatomical details. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Ten different forms of plant stem and two anatomical sections. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.
  • Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.
  • A branch of a Prunus cultivar bearing both peaches and nectarines. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.
  • Fifteen flowers of different forms. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1799.